Demand the establishment of a comprehensive groundwater and surface water baseline that includes private well testing in the Melgund area.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission discusses monitoring 'treated effluent' and 'groundwater inflows' but uses vague qualifiers like 'to the extent practical.' In Melgund, residents in this unorganized territory rely exclusively on private wells and local surface water for their needs. Any impact on water quality is a direct threat to the community's viability. This task requires the Proponent to move beyond generic monitoring and provide specific, measurable thresholds based on local data. Establishing this baseline now provides an opportunity to protect the community's primary water source and ensures that any future deviations are caught early, improving the long-term environmental results of the project."
Source Context
Understanding the Impacts of Nuclear Waste on our Community
This digital archive houses the public comments submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding Project 88774: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. The impact assessment is led jointly by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. This archive preserves community perspectives, concerns, and observations shared during the assessment process, particularly in relation to Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario and the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners who are the closest and most impacted of all in the process.